Kovačić Petrović

Zrnka

Associate Prof. Zrnka Kovačić Petrović, MD, PhD, psychiatrist, subspecialist in alcoholism and other addictions, permanent court expert in psychiatry, senior research associate, nearing completion of psychoanalytic psychotherapy training, associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University of Zagreb School of Medicine.

Born on October 20, 1980, in Zagreb. She is currently working at the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče as the head of the Addiction Treatment Daily Hospital, and at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, as an associate professor.

She has been a researcher on numerous national and international scientific and professional projects. She is the author of numerous scientific and professional papers, abstracts, posters, teaching manuals, and textbooks. She has participated as a lecturer and organizer in several national and international scientific and professional conferences, first-category courses as part of continuing medical education, and has been an invited speaker at scientific-professional gatherings on multiple occasions. Assoc. prof. Zrnka Kovačić Petrović is a member of various professional societies, a reviewer for domestic and international journals, and a member of several committees. She has also contributed to the popularization of the profession through public lectures on numerous occasions.

She teaches at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine as part of the integrated undergraduate and graduate programs, both in Croatian and English, as well as the postgraduate specialist studies.

Her scientific and professional interests include research on addiction, psychotrauma, psychotherapy, depression, suicidal behavior and genetic